Hey guys, it's Emily Kaplan. As you probably know, it's Labor Day, which means you're

probably on a much, much needed break from work, and so are we. But we wanted to leave you

with this episode from June, hosted by Izzy Gutierrez. It's the story of Sarah Langs,

a baseball researcher and analyst, and how she remains unfazed after life through her

a devastating curveball. Her friend and colleague, Buster, only shares Sarah's story, and I promise

it's one you won't soon forget. I'm Emily Kaplan. It's Monday, September 4th. This is the SPN Valley.

Buster, can you share your favorite memory of your colleague, Sarah Langs?

So during the 2016 World Series, you get the Cubs playing, the Cleveland Indians, and Sarah at that

time was probably working about 22 hours a day. Buster, only has worked with a lot of people in

his 20 years covering baseball for ESPN. But few have made an impression on him like that of

researcher and analyst Sarah Langs. She was loving it, making herself available for the earliest,

morning sports centers, for the latest sports centers baseball tonight in between, and of course

being at the ballpark while the games are being played. And so in the midst of that, she was

catching cat naps in the seats right next to the first-based dugout. She is absolute joy, absolute

love of baseball. Like she was all in on that whole series. She was not going to miss a moment

to research baseball, or to be in the ballpark, or to just be in the moment. She just enjoyed

every bit of that world series in a way I don't think anybody else has.

It's hard to miss Sarah Langs love for the game of baseball.

I can't believe I'm someone who gets to go on a podcast and talk to you about baseball.

We're said that my computer gives us everybody on Sunday night baseball.

And at 30 years old, she's never needed the game as much as she does now.

That's because Sarah Langs is in the fight of her life.

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